Cardfight!! Vanguard SC: Defenders of the Gate

Chapter 43: The Clown's Curtain Call

"Generation Stride!"
White and black light descended from above. From the light, Yudai emerged as Divine Star Dragon, Draco Orionus and Chaos Breaker Dragon revealed the Death Star-Vader, Chaos Universe Alththani.
"Annihilate him, my child." Chaos Breaker commanded, and Alththani surged forth, crossing blades with Yudai.

With each clash of their weapons, even the air around them quaked. Shockwaves battered against the weathered stadium, threatening to bring the entire place down.

"Dubnium, Polonium!" The Penrose Gate opened once again, allowing two more Star-Vader units to enter the battle. Too preoccupied with the fight at hand, Yudai could not react to the hail of bullets that assaulted his back by Chaos' servants.
"Yudai!" Kiniro called out in worry, only for the sudden movement to exhaust him.
"What are we supposed to do?" Rei asked. "We can't let him do this alone."
"I guess we'll just have to hope." Chiho squeaked, holding Rei close.

Even with Draco Orionus' body, Yudai was biting off more than he could chew with facing so many opponent's at once. So, he decided to lighten the load. He roared, and two pillars of light came forth, revealing Saiph and Betelgeuse.

He gave them a look as if to say, "Are you ready?"
His subordinates replied with a nod.

Betelgeuse, with a burst of celestial fire, rammed violently against Dubnium, sending it spiralling into the rock. With precise movements, Saiph delivered several stabs through the gaps in Polonium's armour.
"Grrr...I call on Star-Vader, Chaosbringer!" A cybernetic reaper travelled through the gap in reality, and launched two slashes of black power that slammed into Betelgeuse and Saiph into the ground. Just as Yudai had overpowered Alththani, a bolt of black lightning struck him. Before he could even finish reeling from that attack, the blade of Chaosbringer's scythe ripped into his back, bringing him to his knees.

They were surrounded. Charge beams of Link Joker's energy became bigger, all aimed at Yudai and his rear-guard.
"It is a pity for you," Chaos Breaker sighed. "But this is the true nature of Chaos. To feel the joy of victory, only to have it ripped away and replaced with despair. That is the Clown's most prideful act."
All Yudai's adversaries had formed a tight circle around and over him.
All of his enemies, in the one place.

The great star dragon roared. It was time.
In a desperate slash, Yudai cleaved a way so that he and his units could soar into the sky, narrowly dodged the assail from below.
Chaos Breaker broke into maniacal laughter. "Yes! Show me more! More of that incredible desperation! That delicious despair!"

But Yudai was not running away. He was getting into position.
Side by side, he, Saiph and Betelgeuse aligned themselves. They all began to glow in marvellous blue light. The trio outstretched their swords, and from them, the stars began to connect around them.

Atop the battleground, in the sky, the Orion constellation had formed.

"Witness the power of Orionus!"
"The awesome might of the galaxy that we call our home."
"May the stars align, and may our destinies be revealed by the moon and sun! BERNARD'S...LOOP!"

The entire constellation glowed with the same harsh blue light, and a blast of an unfathomable amount of energy bore down towards the Star-Vader. For the first time, The Clown's facade broke. Chaos Breaker was livid. Swelteringly maddened at the thought of dying.

The impact was enormous. The entire arena was overtaken by a harsh pillar of light, so powerful that the ocean around the island rippled waves.
Kiniro and the others were protected by other Cosmic Sanctum units, but there was no such salvation for the Chaos Units.

When the dust had finally started dispersing, there was a lingering deathly silence.
Yudai and his comrades returned to the ground, awaiting an inclination as to what the status of the battle was. As the dust cleared, the saw it. A silhouette of Chaos Breaker, red eyes blazing from behind the screen of debris.
"You...are unlike any other..." Its voice, which was now more noticeably artificial, droned. Its body had been badly damaged, a husk of metal that was the body blasted to smithereens. In front of it, a robotic maiden with a shield in hand turned to green light particular.
"The Iron Wall Star-Vader, Thorium." Betelgeuse cursed.
It seemed as though that Chaos Breaker had deployed a Sentinel Unit at the moment of impact. Just in time to save its from death, from not fast enough to preserve its body.
"Your hope had been turned to despair. But you turned that despair into something even more powerful...determination."
Saiph brandished his sword towards Chaos Breaker. "Yield, Chaos Breaker. For you are outmatched and outnumbered."